Meet Beefy. He is a big ferret. His physique is muscle, not fat. For all his size he is a very friendly chap.
 He had to be separated from his mum as he would pull her about, so that is how I obtained him from Fred.
I have noticed that he is deaf, as he does not respond to any sound, but will swiftly react to any thing in his field of vision.
That said, nothing detracts from the fact he is a gentle giant.
Beefy developed a lump on his throat, and became very ill, losing a lot of weight. this was successfully removed by my local vet using surgery & medication.  To view this abscess. His recovery has been astounding.
In March 2006 Beefy lost weight and suffered vomiting bouts. He under went an endoscopies to look for an obstruction. He was found clear but a sample was taken from a lesion in his stomach and was found to be benign. Mean while I altered his diet from dried food to minced tripe and the vomiting ceased and he has regained weight. The vet suggested the dried food expanding in his stomach might have irritated the lesion.
During July 2006 Beefy became ill and lost weight and was put to sleep.